The incident occurred in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur.

SHAHJAHANPUR -- A high school student was beaten up by Hindu Yuva Vahini activists in Shahjahanpur for allegedly posting derogatory comments on a religious picture on social media, police said.

HYV activists had uploaded a picture of a Hindu god on a social media site, on which the student from another community allegedly posted derogatory comments, said Allahaganj police station in-charge Ashotosh Singh.

Infuriated over the incident, HYV activists caught hold of the student in a market and beat him up yesterday, Singh said, adding that the student has been arrested on the basis of an FIR filed in this connection on Wednesday.